Pro-mass migration civil society groups have confirmed that the Aquarius ship has resumed picking up migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, but has not yet attempted to disembark the illegals on European soil.

Forty-two MPs of the anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) have put their names behind an initiative to bring criminal charges of people trafficking against German migrant transport NGOs which they say “must be stopped”.

A poll has revealed that the Italian public overwhelmingly backs Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s decision to block the migrant transport vessel the Aquarius from Italian ports, despite negative international reaction.

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has censured Italy’s decision to refuse debarkation to a migrant-laden NGO vessel as “sickening,” while scolding Italy for its supposed “cynicism and irresponsibility” in dealing with migrants.